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"I'll show up at every classroom open house and teacher conference, ' she said, now in a voice that was almost frightening in its intensity. 'I'll bake brownies. My child will have new clothes. Her shoes will fit. She'll get her shots, and she'll get her braces. We'll start a college fund next week. I'll tell her I love her every damn day.'If that wasn't a great plan for being a good mother, I couldn't imagine what a better one could be."
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"But when women are asked when they're going to have children, there is, in actually, another darker, more pertinent question lying underneath it."
"Motherhood, true motherhood, was what went on when no one else could see."
"Women's bodies do not give up their babies so easily, and so silently, is the message. The heart will always remember."
"I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever did. You want to build a fire underneath her and watch her soar. It's bigger than words."
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"A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling."
"A mother is a child's first looking glass into the world."
"(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer."
"It lasted just a moment, whatever that is. One held breath? An ant's afternoon? It was brief, I can promise that much, for although it's been many years now since my children ruled my life, a mother recalls the measure of the silences."
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